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Why Anointment Decides Who Really Rises, with Toby Stuart
What if success depends less on merit and more on the quiet transfer of status? In this episode, Guy Kawasaki interviews Toby Stuart, UC Berkeley Haas professor and leading expert on innovation and social networks, to break open the unseen systems that shape who rises and why.
Drawing from his new book Anointed, Toby explains how institutions — universities, investors, employers — confer credibility in ways that compound over a lifetime. He and Guy explore Silicon Valley myths, reverse anointment, and why AI may both democratize and distort fairness.
A sharp, eye-opening look at achievement…
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